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Thursday, July 16, 2026

Search Engine Roundtable

Google Bans Prediction Markets Product Ads Michigan & New York; Expands Shopping Ads & Free Listings

Google announced it is no longer allowing the advertisement of prediction markets contracts and related products ads in Michigan and New York. Plus, Google also expanded Google Shopping ads and free listings eligibility to more countries.

Search Engine Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: July 15, 2026

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.Google Image Search turned 25 years old and with that...

Digiday

Reddit questions if AI data deals could hurt its ad business

Reddit’s ad business is built on the value of its community conversations. Now the company is debating whether selling those same conversations to AI companies could undermine that advantage.

Digiday

Future of TV Briefing: The M&A match game (summer 2026 edition)

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at the M&A deals that should be in the offing after an active first half of 2026.

Social Media Today

Snapchat shares data with Dick’s Sporting Goods

A new partnership in collaboration with LiveRamp will let advertisers see how on-platform ads drive in-store sales.

ON-DEMAND TRAINING

American Marketing Association

Introduction to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

This introductory training provides a foundational understanding of search engine optimization and its impact on content visibility.

American Marketing Association

Influencer Marketing

The training offers practical insights from multiple perspectives, including direct creator experiences and case studies. Develop practical skills in crafting compelling marketing briefs, measuring campaign impact, and navigating emerging technologies like AI in the influencer marketing landscape.

Neil Patel

The Human Edge: What AI Still Can’t Do in SEO

Key Takeaways Every week, someone asks me some version of the same question: if AI can do keyword research, draft content, run technical audits, and generate briefs, what does a strategist actually do? The honest answer is: a lot.

Adweek

Insights on Marketing’s Future From the Adweek Press Hour

The ideas, tensions, and trends shaping brands, culture, media, creativity, and business growth.

SEMrush Blog

How to do AI search optimization for local businesses

See how AI search decides which local business to recommend, and how to become the one it names.

Social Media Today

TikTok sellers in the UK get improved insights

A much-requested update provides enhanced metrics regarding product rankings, traffic sources and conversion efficiency.

Chief Marketer

Google’s Meridian And Meta’s Robyn: A Gift To Measurement Or Trojan Horses?

Google and Meta are quietly rewriting the rules of ad measurement, and they’re doing it with open-source marketing mix modeling (MMM) tools that many marketers don’t even realize they’re using.

Marketing Dive

AI is accelerating the accountability gap. Here’s how CMOs can close it.

InMarket CMO Natalie Bastian lays out what marketers are missing as AI moves from the pilot phase to production at wider scale.

SEMrush Blog

Why Brand Positioning Is Now an AI Search Variable

AI doesn‘t just rank pages. It forms an understanding of your brand. Here‘s why brand positioning has become a critical factor in AI visibility.